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Blackpool 3-0 Middlesbrough: Blackpool cruise past Boro in EFL Cup

Blackpool cruised into the second round of the Carabao Cup as Callum Connolly's strike set them on their way to a dominant win over Championship rivals Middlesbrough.

Boro could not muster an attempt on target throughout and registered only three efforts in total, while the hosts could have reached double figures, such was their dominance.

Connolly smashed in the opening goal after Josh Bowler's free-kick hit the wall - the defender's first goal for the club.

A number of opportunities were wasted as the hosts chased a second.

But two goals in two minutes inside the final quarter of an hour sealed a deserved victory, Shayne Lavery firing in the first and then teeing up Keshi Anderson to strike in the third with his left foot.